Division I Men

Dutton's 13 Saves Help No. 8 Ohio State Edge Bellarmine

from press release

COLUMBUS, Ohio – With four goals and five
points from senior Logan Schuss and 13 saves from junior goalie
Greg Dutton, the No. 8-ranked Ohio State men’s lacrosse team
posted a 9-7 road win at Bellarmine in an ECAC Lacrosse League game
Saturday night in Louisville, Ky. The Buckeyes are now 6-2 on the
year and 1-1 in the conference while Bellarmine drops to 6-2 this
season and 2-2 in the ECAC.

Ohio State, wrapping up a stretch of three-consecutive road games
in a week, will now host back-to-back ECAC Lacrosse League
contests. The squad will host defending NCAA and league champion
Loyola at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Hobart at noon April 6. Both games
are scheduled for Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Ohio State led 3-2 after the first quarter and extended the lead to
4-2 early in the second quarter. Back-to-back goals from Bellarmine
tied the game at 4-all with 5:09 left in the first half but
sophomore Turner Evans scored with just one second left before
halftime to push Ohio State back ahead (5-4). The Knights scored
the first goal of the second half to tie the game for the third
time, but the Buckeyes went on a three-goal run to regain the lead
and did not relinquish it the rest of the way. Bellarmine scored
twice in the final 6:30 to draw within one, but a goal from Schuss
with 2:20 left in regulation helped seal the victory.

Schuss had four goals and an assist for five points in the victory,
while freshman Carter Brown scored twice and added an assist for a
three-point game. Sophomore Jesse King had two assists in the
victory. Ohio State won 12-of-19 faceoffs, led by senior Trey
Wilkes with 10.

“The men showed guts to get the win in our third road game in
seven days,” Nick Myers, Ohio State head coach, said.
“They showed their resiliency and toughed it out with a solid
team effort.”

The teams traded goals twice in the first quarter. Schuss put the
Buckeyes on the board at 10:49 before Bellarmine answered at 7:40,
the first of four goals in a 48 second span between the teams.
Schuss scored just 12 seconds later to regain the lead, but a from
the Knights 28 seconds after tied the game at 2. King found Brown
for a score just eight seconds after that (6:52) to put Ohio State
on top, 3-2, at the end of the opening stanza. Bellarmine outshot
Ohio State, 12-6, in the quarter, with Dutton making seven
saves.

Brown gave the Buckeyes a two-goal lead with a tally at 12:26 of
the second quarter but the Knights scored the next two for a 4-all
deadlock. The Buckeyes regained their advantage when Brown and
Evans connected for a score with just one seconds left in the half.
Shots were 7-6 in favor of the Buckeyes. Dutton made two stops in
the stanza.

Bellarmine scored at 12:14 of the third quarter to tie the game at
five. The score remained tied until Reegan Comeault tallied,
assisted by Schuss, at 4:33 and Schuss then tallied unassisted to
give Ohio State a two-goal lead at 2:59. Ohio State took nine shots
in the quarter, with Bellarmine goalie Dillon Ward making six
saves.

In the fourth quarter, King set up junior Adam Trombley for a tally
at 11:02 for the Buckeyes’ first three-goal lead of the
night. Bellarmine then scored back-to-back at 6:30 and 4:57 to draw
within one, but Schuss helped seal the victory with a goal at 2:20,
regaining the two-goal edge for the Buckeyes. The Knights outshot
Ohio State, 7-6, in the stanza and Dutton had one save.

Ohio State was outshot, 33-28, in the game. Dutton played all 60
minutes and had 13 saves, while Ward had 12 saves for the
Knights.

Ohio State had the edge in groundballs, 12-7, with Wilkes winning
10 and freshman Kacy Kapinos winning both faceoffs he took. Ohio
State won the groundball battle, 25-15, led by four from Wilkes and
freshman Robby Haus. Ohio State had seven caused turnovers, with
junior Joe Meuer and senior Dominique Alexander each forcing
two.

Postgame Notes
• Schuss extended his point streak to 53 games, with a
122-73-195 line in the stretch. He is first on the team with 20
goal and 30 points this season and second with 10 assists. He has
multiple points in each of his last 29 games. He is third in
program history in career goals, one behind second-place Terry
Gilmore (123, 1976-79) and four back of all-time leader Joel
Dalgarno (126, 2006-09). Schuss is third in career points with 195
and eighth with 73 assists.
• Dutton’s 13 saves were a season high and one shy of
the career-best 14 he had vs. Hobart April 9, 2011. He has an 8.23
goals-against average this season.
• Brown has a point in seven of eight games as a Buckeye and
multiple points in six outings. He is first on the team with 12
assists and tied for second with 24 points.
• King moved his point streak to 14 games (23-15-38) but had
his nine-game goal-scoring streak ended.
• Wilkes has won 82-of-140 (.586) faceoffs this season and is
first on the team with 29 groundballs.
• Meurer is tied with Darius Bowling for first on the team
with 10 caused turnovers each.
• Evans has at least one point in all six games he has played
this season (with multiple points in five), with eight goals, five
assists and 13 points.